Beth HaMedrosh Hagodol (Denver, Colo.)
Found in 65 Collections and/or Records:
Moe Katz on Atwood Colony and Various Synagogues, 1979 May 20
Moe Kattz is interviewed on the Atwood Colony, 10th Street Shul (Shearith Israel), living on 11th Street, the Marion Street Shul (Oheb Zadek) and Beth HaMedrosh Hagodol.
Oral History Interview with Jennie Goldberg, 1982 March 10
Major subjects covered in the interview include family immigrating to Denver form Poland, fathers’ grocery business, growing up in a Jewish family, schooling, charity work and religious life. Also talks about Rabbi Kauvar.
Oral History Interview with Leo Block, 1989 May 12
Topics covered: Family roots in Colorado, Denver, Leadville and Aspen. Father Nathan was born in Russia, came in 1890. Mother born in Leadville, father worked in mining until it fizzled out. Father was close with Rabbi Kauvar and BMH. Leo graduated from DU, editor of the Clarion. Established a professorship at University of Denver.
Oral History Interview with Peryle Hayutin Beck, 1989 February 5
Portrait of Henry Plonsky, between 1920-1930
Henry Plonsky sits, wearing a suit and holding a document in his hand. Polish-born Plonsky arrived in Denver in 1877. He helped form an Orthodox minyan above his store on Larimer Street. He became a successful shoe and boot merchant in partnership with Leopold Mayer and was instrumental in the establishment of the Orthodox Jewish congregation Ahavey Emunah in 1880 and later the Beth HaMedrosh Hagodol Synagogue and the Beth Joseph congregation.
Portrait of Jewish Woman, between 1880-1899
Portrait of a woman with a feather and fur hat. The dress is blue silk with a pale blue chiffon.
Portrait of Peryle Hayutin on Her Sixteenth Birthday, 1931 June 15
Peryle Hayutin (Beck) with her hair in long curls stands in front of a piano that has vases of flowers on it. This portrait was taken for her sixteenth birthday. She was also confirmed at Beth Ha-Medrosh Hagodol Synagogue (BMH) on that date. She wears a white dress with a sheer full length overdress.
Rabbi Charles E. H. Kauvar, 1954
Portrait of Rabbi Charles Kauvar sitting in front of a bookshelf and holding a book.
Rabbi Samuel Adelman, 1957-1968
Rabbi Samuel Adelman (1916-1966) was the leader of Beth Ha Medrosh Hagodol (BMH) Synagogue from 1957 until his death in 1966. He was also the president of the Religious Council on Human Relations for Metropolitan Denver and the Denver Housing Board, and was well-known for his talks on Russian Jews. Adelman was buried at Mount Nebo Cemetery and an estimated 1,400 people attended memorial services at BMH.
Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society's Historic Jewish Denver Tour, 1982 June 27
Several men and women sit in the BMH Chapel listening to a speaker during the Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society's Historic Jewish Denver Tour. Dr. Jeanne Abrams' sons sit in the front row.